Improvement in cotton-bale ties



s. M. WILSON.

' COTTON-BALE TIE. No. 189,003. Patented March 27,1877.

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in mint- UNTTED STATES PATENT @FFIGE SMITH M. WILSON, OF PITTSBURG,PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-BALE TIE SL Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 189,063, dated March 27, 1877; application lilul March 8,1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SMITH M. WILSON, of Pittsburg, in the county ofAllegheny and State'of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Cotton-Bale Ties, of which the following is aspecification This invention consists of two pieces of metal, made toslide one into the'other, with openings, which, when brought intojuxtapo' sition, allow the bands to be attached'to bot-h frames, andwhen the frames are brought together make it impossible for the loop tobe drawn out.

In the annexed drawing, making a part of this specification, Figure 1 isa perspective view, showing the frames in a position that allows thefree end of the band to be inserted. Fig. 2 is a perspective view,showing the bands in place and the frames brought together, closing theopening. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the outer frame. Fig. 4 is a plan viewof'the inner frame.

The same letters are employed in all the figures in the indication ofidentical parts.

The frame A is made with a ra'bbet, into which the frame A can he slid.Both frames are quadrilateral, and are cut away on the same side at aand b, so that when the frames are drawn out the two openings willregister. When the frames are in theposition as shown in Fig.2, one endof the band is passed through the'open part of the frame and the endbent back and riveted to its own part, with a loop of. sufficient lengthto allow the two openings 0. and b to be brought to register, as shownin Fig. 1, thus allowing the other end of the band to be entered.They'can then be pushed together, as shown in Fig. 2, and the openingclosed. Both loops will then bear against both the end pieces of bothframes, so as to resist the strain by the combined strength of the twoframes.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A cotton-bale tie formed of two sliding frames, A A, having openings ata and I), through which the loops in the bands may he slipped and thenconfined by sliding the frames one on the other.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

, SMITH M. WILSON.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM F. RoBB, JOHN M. RoBB.

